News tagged with inattention
Solar-powered safety: Road signs blink their warnings
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Across New Jersey, more towns are using solar-powered warning signs, capitalizing on the technology's effectiveness to inform the public, warn motorists of danger and save energy.
Inadequate sleep leads to behavioral problems
Apr 27, 2009 |
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A recent Finnish study suggests that children's short sleep duration even without sleeping difficulties increases the risk for behavioral symptoms of ADHD.
Ability to quit smoking may depend on ADHD symptoms, Columbia researchers find
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Tobacco use is more prevalent and smoking cessation less likely among persons with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.) In a study of smokers with attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms, those who exhibited ...
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Scientists seek to manage dopamine's good and bad sides
Oct 07, 2009 |
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The good, the bad and the ugly: That's a quick summary of the effects of dopamine, a natural brain chemical that's linked to pleasure, addiction and disease.
Deficits in brain's reward system observed in ADHD patients
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A brain-imaging study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory provides the first definitive evidence that patients suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have ...
Adenotonsillectomy may offer long-term benefits for children with breathing problems during sleep
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Two and a half years after children with sleep-related breathing disorders had surgery to remove their tonsils and adenoids (glands in the back of the throat), they appear to sleep better than they did before the procedure ...
Study links ADHD with sleep problems in adolescents
May 01, 2009 |
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A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that adolescents with a childhood diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have current and lifetime sleep problems and disorders, regard ...
Researchers Identify Early Brain Marker for Familial Form of Depression
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Findings from one of the largest-ever imaging studies of depression indicate that a structural difference in the brain - a thinning of the right hemisphere - appears to be linked to a higher ...
Studies examine genetic determinants of ADHD
Jan 07, 2009 |
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A special issue of American Journal of Medical Genetics (AJMG): Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics presents a comprehensive overview of the latest progress in genetic research of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ...
ADHD labelling of kids can mask other problems: study
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Labelling children with learning and behavioural difficulties can be detrimental to the children in question as well as their teachers, research by a QUT graduate has found.
UB driver simulation study targets high-risk teenage drivers
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the bells and whistles of a state-of-the-art entertainment arcade, a University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education project aims to improve the driving habits of teenagers at the ...
Drivers make more errors when talking on cell phone than to a passenger
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Drivers make more mistakes when talking on a cell phone than when talking to passengers, new research shows.
Bound by attention: Bringing rats and humans together
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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When picking through a basket of fruit, it doesn't seem very difficult to recognize a green pear from a green apple. This is easy, thanks to "feature binding"— a process by which our brain combines all of the specific features ...
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